After three games on the road, Granite Hills is heading back home. They will take on the Steele Canyon Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The pair have allowed few runs on average, (Granite Hills: 3.7, Steele Canyon: 4) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Granite Hills is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Helix on Thursday as Granite Hills made off with a 14-3 victory. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Kaleigh Baugher and Peyton Wells made a big impact no matter where they played. On the mound, Baugher pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Wells tossed two innings while giving up just one earned run but no hits. Baugher has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive pitching appearances. At bat, Baugher went 1-for-3 with a home run, while Wells scored a run while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Alexis Mujica, who fired off three home runs and seven RBI while going 3-for-4. Sofia Mujica was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought matchup, but Steele Canyon had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against Valhalla on Thursday.
Steele Canyon saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Tevia Cohen, who scored a run while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Granite Hills is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Steele Canyon, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-5-1.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Granite Hills hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.9 home runs per game. However, it's not like Steele Canyon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other softball content.
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